1. It was one of those mornings where I couldn’t win.

2. She did not like either of them.

3. Good thing Arnie’s leg was an easy fix. I just needed to make the knot bigger.

1. I usually spell tongue wrong on the first shot.

2. Nathan finds the fish very soothing. The fish cannot same the same for Nathan.

3. And I thought Arnie as an audiobook was such an insanely genius idea. So delusional.

We went to the Renegade Craft Fair. These were all the things Isabelle liked. I was going to write down where everything came from but ummm…forgot.

And Isabelle wanted to take a photo in the photobooth this time. She practically dragged me over. Alan wasn’t even with us yet. He was busy finding parking. I wanted to take another one when Alan joined us but ummmm…forgot.

Couldn’t find time today so rushing through the sketchbook it is.

1. Isabelle remembered homeschool partway through breakfast. Nathan had food all over him and I rushed to clean him up. I didn’t do a good job. And I didn’t realize until we were at the park and there was still dried food on his face.

2. Isabelle brought Arnie to the park and to ballet. She very proudly showed him off to everyone saying I made it for her.

3. Don’t ask me why I drew myself hanging out like that. Hanging around doing nothing maybe??

1. Ok, even though I have GPS on my fancy new phone, I got lost to the library. Because it was a tiny library located in a school. That’s why. I pulled over several times trying to find “your destination is on your left”.

2. Yep, Isabelle totally started crying half way through the show. At least they were quiet tears and not loud bawling tears.

3. I really need something Nathan proof to distract him. Pinching and scratching hurts. And I always say to myself, I’d rather he pinch and scratch me instead of his face. But OUCH!

4. I bought a new can opener a couple of days later. But the cooking gods must still have been mad at me because the darn thing sucked. It would not open a can properly.

5. Isabelle loves her Arnie doll. It’s not bedtime without Arnie.

1. She really did get super dirty. She somehow manages to get sand in her hair whenever we go to the park. I think she throws it on herself.

2. Everything goes in Nathan’s onesie…according to Isabelle.

3. I seriously think I need to make a backup Arnie.

I’ve been busy the last few days. Arrgh I could have been getting caught up on my sketchbook pages *kicking myself. As usual, click to enlarge.

1. What I didn’t draw was how Isabelle kept trying to stick Nathan in her “spaceship”. Or on top!

2. Yeah, why does Nathan complain so much when he’s getting changed? Does he like being dirty?

3. Nathan crawling after crawling Isabelle, so cute!

4. Nathan gets a real kick out of us dancing around.

5. Isabelle usually doesn’t like macaroni and cheese. She usually won’t even try it. But I let her choose which recipe to make so she tried it!

6. I love Alan.

7. I am so glad Nathan is usually a good sleeper.

1. I like how the low high boy girl voice drawing has a smeary eyebrow. Nathan touched it with his little drooly hand before it had dried.

2. And yes Isabelle chose kale. KALE! We made kale chips. I followed the recipe down to the amount of salt and it was too salty. It didn’t specify how large of a bunch of kale. Maybe that’s why. Maybe my bunch of kale was smaller than the recipes bunch of kale. I could see the potential though. If it weren’t saltier than the sea it would have been yummy. Isabelle very willingly popped one into her mouth too. And then promptly spit the salty thing out.

3. Isabelle just grabbed a book off the shelf and instantly fell in love with it. We borrowed it from the library though it was all ratty and the pages were practically falling out. I’ve read it to her every night for 3 weeks. Well, except for last night.

4. I think I was actually yelling, “get him!” Something to do with Nathan I’m sure.

5. Rapido! I really should try to teach Isabelle Chinese. Hello! Bridgette, you are supposed to speak Chinese with me so I can use it more.

6. Nathan was making so much noise. He actually quite likes it. And it was a good distraction but so loud. He was using one of those small metal flashlights against the shower track. BANG! BANG! BANG! Or more like

BANG! BANG! BANG!

1. It was another night of waking up. It had been how many in a row though I hadn’t drawn it out. But no new tooth that we can see.

2. I think Alan was tired and maybe that’s why he didn’t realize he had burped in my face. And it’s not like he walked over and burped. He was changing Nathan or I was changing Nathan and one of us walked over…and face full of burp.

3. Can you tell what I was making for Isabelle? I’ll share tomorrow or the day after or…you know me. When I can find some spare time.

Ok, off I go. We are going to a Beaver Festival today. And how fortuitous. We just watched a Zoboomafoo about beavers an hour ago.